Man gets 16 yrs jail, rotan for robbery, rape involving two women in public toilets

Man gets 16 yrs jail, rotan for robbery, rape involving two women in public toilets

Man gets 16 yrs jail, rotan for robbery, rape involving two women in public toilets

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT

A father of one was sentenced to 16 years' jail and ordered to be given six strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here today, for robbing and raping two women in separate public toilets, about three months ago.

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Kuwait airways workers strike for wage increase

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT

Hundreds of Kuwait Airways Corp. staff began an indefinite strike Monday to demand a pay increase for national workers, disrupting flights of the flag carrier, head of the trade union said.

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Relative of Australian serial killer admits murder

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:53 AM PDT

A relative of notorious Australian serial killer Ivan Milat, who is in jail for murdering backpackers in the 1990s, on Monday pleaded guilty to the brutal axe slaying of a boy.

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What makes it the City of Charm?

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:53 AM PDT

An artificial tourist attraction might be beautiful and spectacular but lacks humanistic spirit, just like a physically beautiful woman without internal beauty is always less attractive.

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Mawan still has faith in 'SPDP 5' who lost faith in him

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:47 AM PDT

Despite five elected representatives of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) declaring a loss of confidence in party president Tan Sri William Mawan's leadership, the latter still has faith in them.

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Government agencies show better financial management - Auditor-General

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:47 AM PDT

Government agencies have shown better financial management performance for the year 2010 compared to the previous year.

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China jails officials over economic data leaks

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:43 AM PDT

China has jailed two officials from the state bank and national statistics bureau for leaking sensitive economic data to securities brokers, prosecutors said Monday.

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Hong Kong court dismisses claim to tycoon's estate

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:43 AM PDT

Hong Kong's top court on Monday threw out a feng shui master's claim to the multi-billion-dollar estate of late property tycoon Nina Wang, ending a legal drama that gripped the city for years.

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Liberated Libya begins tough task of govt formation

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:21 AM PDT

Libya's new leaders began Monday the tough task of forging an interim government uniting the nation's disparate political forces after 42 years of Moamer Kadhafi's iron-fisted rule, promising a system of Islamic sharia law.

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Lawyers decry 'meddling' in Cambodia genocide trial

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Defence lawyers for a top Khmer Rouge leader accused of genocide asked a Phnom Penh court Monday to probe allegations of government interference at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal.

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Europe scrambles to finalise debt crisis solution

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Europe laboured to put the finishing touches on a lasting defence against the debt crisis by Wednesday as leaders homed in on a deal and Italy pledged reforms to prevent a devastating contagion.

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Radiation hotspot near Tokyo linked to Fukushima: officials

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Radiation levels as high as those in the evacuation zone around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have been detected in a Tokyo suburb, and are likely linked to the disaster, officials said Monday.

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VIDEO: Third fatal shark attack off Australia

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:13 PM PDT

A hunt is under way off the coast of Western Australia for a Great White shark which killed a US diver.


Seven dead in Thai south attacks: police

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Suspected Muslim insurgents have killed at least seven people in back-to-back shooting and bomb attacks in Thailand's troubled south, police said Monday.

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Social network must be implemented responsibly, says Dr Rais

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT

The global social network must be implemented responsibly on the respective domestic communities, says Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

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Quake-struck Turkey declines Israeli aid

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:22 PM PDT

ANKARA, Oct 24: Turkey declined an offer of aid from its former strategic ally Israel on Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Turkey, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.


VIDEO: Race against time after Turkey quake

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Rescue teams are desperately searching for people trapped under rubble after a strong earthquake hit Turkey's eastern Van region on Sunday.


VIDEO: Tunisia awaits result of historic poll

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:01 PM PDT

Tunisian election officials are counting votes after Sunday's election, the first free poll of the Arab Spring.


VIDEO: Russian police investigate baby mix-up

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:43 PM PDT

Two families in Russia are suing their local maternity hospital for giving them the wrong babies 12 years ago.


VIDEO: Poll jolt for Swiss right wingers

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Switzerland's right-wing People's Party has seen its share of the vote fall at parliamentary elections, defying forecasts of an historic result.


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